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| Courtesy of Museo de Bellas Artes |
| A footballer caught in the moment: "Jugador" (1935), Mario Moschi |
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Top Cultural Story
“DO NOT GO GENTLE…” OLD ARMANDO’S GETTING MORBID
Armando Uribe’s New Book: Keeping Busy With Death
(Aug. 20, 2004) Armando Uribe Arce is sitting hunched, his head buried in his left hand. On the table in front of him are a pair of black leather gloves, a weighty folder containing neatly typed sheets and a bottle of dark medicine from which the 87-year-old poet periodically gulps.
Santiago in Focus
A HERETIC’S FEAST
A Guide to Being Vegetarian in Santiago
(Aug. 20, 2004) When discussing with my university Spanish teacher where I should spend my year in a Spanish-speaking country, she made it clear that it should not be in her native Argentina. The reason being that everyone would think I was mentally ill for being a vegetarian.
Art Brief
THE ART OF THE GOAL
(Aug. 20, 2004) The beautiful game takes beautiful form in the new exhibition at the Museo de Bellas Artes. Commissioned by FIFA, the sport’s governing body, during the 2002 World Cup, ‘El Arte del Goal’ features painting and sculpture from around the world inspired by the spectacle of 22 men chasing a pig’s bladder.
“Chile is a country that is fanatic about football, “said Ricardo Fuentealba Fabio, Assistant Director of the museum. But the exhibition is not only for those already enchanted with the sport.
Film Review
THE DARK SIDE OF THE SILVER SCREEN
(Aug. 20, 2004) As the day winds down and streetlights ignite one may be tempted, as I was, to step away from the comings and goings of a bustling Vicuña Mackena and enter the strange calm of Gran Circo Teatro.
“Comforting? Well, not exactly. I passed a beautiful mural off to the left and the shadow of an outdoor stage and was directed toward the lone source of light, illuminating a vacant trapeze.
Cultural Announcements
THIS WEEK’S CULTURAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Top Cultural Story |
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| ST Photo - Tom Burgis |
| Armando Uribe "has shut himself up, for better or worse, to die" |
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Santiago in focus |
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| ST Photo - Fernando Martinez |
| Pio Nono's Arab Restaurant "Gauguin": provider of vegetarian staples - ideal for the ethical secretary |
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Santiago in focus |
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| ST Photo - Fernando Martinez |
| The humble sopaipilla: filling, greasy, alcohol-absorbent and, moreover, vegetarian! |
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Film Review |
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| ST Photo - Irene Caselli |
| "I saw a wire ostrich staring me down" |
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